Donald Trump has swept to power in the US presidential election. There’s a lot of uncertainty over his policy plans and what they’ll mean for America and for the world. His victory will also have an impact on a range of sporting issues, including the US 2024 Olympic bid, the investigation into Fifa, the 2026 World Cup and the continued ...

Celebrities have been reacting to the election of Donald Trump as US president, with many in showbusiness shocked at the outcome of the vote. Singer Cher said “the world will never be the same”, while pop star Ariana Grande said she was “in tears”. Others remained more upbeat, with Madonna tweeting: “We never give up”. But his supporters were celebrating, ...

A US-led coalition air strike killed at least 20 civilians in a village north of so-called Islamic State’s Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, activists say. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that six women and a child were among those who died in the raids on al-Heisha overnight. The IS-held village has been the target of a US-backed alliance ...

The Patriotic Front (PF) party has commended former Information Minister Chishimba Kambwili for pledging his loyalty to the party despite his dismissal by President Edgar Lungu. PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says appointments come and go, but that Dr. Kambwili will always remain one of the founding fathers of the party. He says Dr. Kambwili joined the PF as an ...

Patriotic Front Mwansabombwe Member of Parliament Rodgers Mwewa has moved a motion in Parliament seeking to amend the constitution. In his private member’s motion, Mr Mwewa wants Parliament to urge Government to amend the constitution so as to provide for membership of Members of Parliament to local Councils and also to remove lacunas in the constitution. Mr Mwewa has proposed ...

The Zambian High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa has advised Zambians traveling to South Africa to ensure that they book themselves in reputable hotels and other forms of accommodation to avoid falling victim to unscrupulous people. In an advisory, the High Commission says it has noted with concern the frequency in which Zambians are victims of crime especially to those ...

A 21 year-old woman of Kanyama West has murdered her 46 year-old boyfriend Francis Zimba of Garden house. Police Spokesperson Mwata Katongo says the incidence happened in the early hours of today, 9th November, 2016 at around 01:00 hours. She says this was after the two allegedly picked up a quarrel which led to the suspect picking a knife and stabbed ...

Donald Trump will become the 45th US president after a stunning victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton. The Republican nominee’s victory came down to a handful of key swing states, despite months of polling that favoured Mrs Clinton. The battlegrounds of Florida, Ohio and North Carolina cleared the way for his Brexit-style upset. Global markets plummeted, with the US dollar diving ...

President Edgar Lungu has been called upon to tell the Zambian people why he fired Chishimba Kambwili as Information and Broadcasting service Minister. Mr. Sinkamba says President Lungu should clear Mr. Kambwili’s name by telling the nation the reasons why he fired the Roan Member of Parliament in view of the speculation surrounding his dismissal. He says it is important ...

Demi Lovato got into trouble Tuesday night for a tweet she says was just trying to make “light of the election.” “Sometimes you just have to agree to disagree and grab some p—y,” Lovato said in a since-deleted tweet referencing the leaked Access Hollywood tapes where Donald Trump made lewd comments about women in 2005. After deleting her tweet, the ...